The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-09

November S.-SherlH Mat
son said, this afternoon, that unless he
heard from the Governor by to NOR
row, the night work of
ERECTING THE scAFFoLD
will be begun, as provided in the
statutes. He will swear in the jury and
they, with the lawyers in the case, and
few press representatives, will be the
only ones allowed to witness the execu-
ton. 1t is understood that the mater
ial for the shrouds was purchased to-
day, and that the making of the shrouds
will be proceeded with at once. Chief
of Police Ebersold says to the press that
THERE NEED BE no APPREHENSION
on the part of the people, as the precau.
tons taken by himself and aides are too
elaborate to admit of any demonstra-
ton being made.
Instead of the Individual letter which
it was limited by members of the Am
nesty Association that Parsons, the
Anarchist, would write. deplcring, like
Spies, Schwab and Fielden, the loss of
life at the Haymarket, and abjuring the
use of force, decidedly different COM
munication is understood to be
PARSONS LAST PLEA.
1t was issued over his signature to-
night. The document is two columns in
length, chiefly remarkable for the
absence of any reference whatever
to the massacre at the Haymarket or
the dynamite idea. Parsons addresses
the letter to locally prominent Social
ist, my dear friend, George Schilling,"
and occupies himself exclusively with
sketch of his own life, particularly his
actions as the leader of newly liberated
negroes during reconstruction times in
Texas. Schnling will read the letter in
full to Governor Oglesby tomorrow. if
the Governor will permit. Parsons
closes as follows: Thus, over a very
extensive region of country, among
cotton, corn and sugar plantations, L
became somewhat famous as
CHAMPION OF POLITICAL LIBERTY.
Believed by the blacks, 1 was hated and
scorned by the whites. 1 then believed
that the colored people were truly free
men, and that they only needed cour-
age to assert it; but did not then IN
derstand, or know, that economic de-
pendence, that is, industrial servitude,
made political liberty impossible. L
did not know, nor did the blacks, that
they had been merely emancipated
from chattel to wage servitude. did
not then know that economic freedom
must be the basis for political liberty,
and that the wage labor system created
classes, antagonisms and class servi-
tude, and now as the helots OF old, the
so called tree blacks, in common with
their white brethren, work and die like
beasts, in the unceasing treadmill OF
wage slavery" .-a'--
The last delegation to wait ON the
governor with a petition for clemency
for the condemned Anarchists left the
CITY to night. Captain Black was asked
if he had any real hope that the COVER
nor would interfere with the sentence.
He replied that he was
QUITE CONFIDENT
that clemency would be extended to
Schwab and Fielden. "Of course" he
said, there is no hope for Lingg. He
has signed his own DOOM"
In case of the execution, will the
men be attended by mlIisters?" i.
Captain Black-"These men have
religion of their own and do not want
any ministers OF the gospel.
THEY ARE NOT RELIGIOUS MEN,
in the common sense of that term, but
are Agnostics not Atheists, remember"
Miss Van Zandt had brief interview
with Spies through the netting of the
lawyers cage. Mrs. Schuab. Mrs.
Mrs. Engel and Mrs. Fisher
we're in the visitors cage and had a
brief conversation with their husbands.
Mrs. Fielden had the children with her
and the meeting between Fielden and
MS family was
QUITE AFFECTING.
Anarchist Lingg was visited in the
county Jail by Attorney Zeister, this
for the purpose of obtaining
rom him statement in regard to the |
bombs found in his cell. Lingg denied |
hat he had any knowledge of the |
bombs and, continuing, said: II have |
refused, and still do refuse to sign any
petition to the Governor asking for |
of my sentence. and a |
ew others will surely hang; but I will |
lot make a statement for the benefit of |
hose who have signed the petition.
HATE THEM
or. the course they have taken, and |
would not even lift one of my fingers to |
ave them, il could"
Captain Black, Attorney Zeisler and
Miss Van Zandt afterwards obtained a
ormal declaration from Fielden, Spies
md Schwab that they knew nothing |
lbout the bombs found. Then for the
asst time, Captain Black visited Par
sons, Engel and Fisher, for the purpose
If inducing them to sign the petition
10 the governor. twas without avail,
Parsons voicing their determination by
hese words: "If the State can afford to
,ut me to death, can afford to die.
AwEIGHTY PETITION.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills. November s.
This afternoon, members. of the Legis-
AZURE, Gid. F. Rohrbach, w. P. Wright,
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